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Adiamante (1998)

Adiamante (1998)

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ISBN
0812545583 (ISBN13: 9780812545586)
Language
English
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tor science fiction

About book Adiamante (1998)

This is one of my favorite books. Not just because it's a good sci-fi story, but because there's a pervasive idea throughout about taking care of the environment and wastefulness.There's this great story about the cybs coming back to Earth after generations to kind of get their own back from the home of their ancestors, so they show up with twelve adiamante hulled ships. The demis on Earth scramble around to try and figure out how to stop them without being the ones to make the first aggressive move.The demis welcome the cybs, show them around, and try to warn them without warning them. And the way they do it, and the imagery that's presented, really starts getting you to think about how wasteful we are and how much we affect the environment around us with the things we do.This book basically turned me off of the idea of CDs. It made me think about how wiping out one species affects the life of another. It made me want to bake my own bread and install solar paneling. The fact that it did all that while being an interesting story and not preaching at me is why this is one of the books that has a permanent place on my bookshelf.

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This was a really cool read. There is fascinating examinations on how morality is critical for a functional and successful society, but governments are prone to corruption and thus immorality, or at least a bastardization of the values it claims to uphold and represent. "Old Earth" in this book has a very interesting system worked out in that they don't reward the government or leadership positions. They compensate those in power with manual labor after they've done their duty. This results in decreasing the likelihood of corruption. Actually, it's kind of brilliant. Dare I say more effective than "checks and balances". Having all this illustrated by the backdrop of a 10,000 year old banished race of cyborgs (cybs) returning to Earth to get revenge and/or steal technology and resources is pretty sci-fi awesomeness, too.
—Justin

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